19/09/2024
Wrexham Classical Music Festival 2024
Provisional Programme
Tickets will be available shortly via Eventbrite. Individual concerts £12; early bird Festival tickets £30
Thursday 31 October 2024
10.00-5.00 Ty Pawb Performance Space
Masterclasses:
10-11.30 Guitar . Tutor: Achille Jones - https://www.facebook.com/classicalguitarwrexham/
11.30-1.00 Piano. Tutor: Luke Jones - https://www.lukejonespianist.com/
1-2 Break
2.00-3.30 Violin & Viola. Tutor: Mark Lansom - http://www.marklansom.com/
3.30-5.00 Woodwind. Tutor: Steve Shotton
Masterclass students will be invited to perform in a concert, from 7-8.30
Students should have reached at least Grade 3 at their instruments
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Friday 1 November 2024
7.30 St Giles Church
Violin and Piano Duo - Pijus Jonušas (Violin), Kanako Mizuno (Piano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Sonata No. 21 in e minor, K.304
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3
Interval
Anton Dvořak - Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150
Sergei Prokofiev - Violin Sonata No.2 in D major, Op.94a
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Saturday 2 November 2024
7.30 St Giles Church
Luke Jones, piano
Claude Debussy
Images, Book I
I. Reflets dans l'eau
II. Hommage à Rameau
III. Mouvement
Federico Mompou
Paisajes
I. La fuente y la campana
II. El lago
III. Carros de Galicia
Johann Sebastian Bach / Ferruccio Busoni
Chaconne in D minor (from Violin Partita No. 2, BWV 1004)
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in D Major, K. 311
Franz Liszt
Sonata in B minor, S. 178
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Sunday 3 November 2024
3.00 St Mary’s Cathedral
Achille Jones, classical guitar
First half - Heitor Villa Lobos; second half - Agustin Barrios
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Sunday 3 November 2024
7.30 St. Giles Church
Vale Royal Singers
Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria: 1st, 2nd and final choruses
Giacomo Carissimi – Nisi Dominus
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu meine Freude
Will Todd – The Lord is my Shepherd
William Harris – Faire is the Heaven
Howard Goodall – The Lord is my Shepherd
William Mathias – Let the people praise thee
Mark Chilcott – This Day
Karl Jenkins - Benedictus
John Rutter – Anthem
Interval
William Byrd -Though Amaryllis
Ola Gjeilo - The Rose
Mark Chilcott - Lily and the Rose
John Rutter - When Daisies pied
William Mathias – 3 Shakespeare songs
Selection of Spirituals – Ride the Chariot, steal away etc
Then a selection of lighter pieces to finish, such as:
Money canst not Beatles, re-arranged!
Paul Mealor – Wherever you are
Finzi - My Spirit sang all day
Sting - Fields of Gold
